Legal Opinion
Drayton v. People of State of NY
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 1, 1976No. 76C1713PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEAHER, District Judge.
Petitioner, in his application for a writ of habeas corpus, 1 challenges the constitutionality of section 720.20(1) of the New York Criminal Procedure Law, which mandates youthful offender treatment for eligible youths convicted of a misdemeanor in a local criminal court but leaves such treatment to the court’s discretion when eligible youths are convicted of the same class of offense in a superior court. Youths in the former category automatically have their convictions vacated and replaced by a youthful offender finding, all records relating to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Menna v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- State v. MarnetteSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
- Drayton v. New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Drayton v. People of State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- State v. MarnetteSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994